Planning to Purchase: Notebook Configurator

1. not sure

2. again not sure

3. OK let me clarify,

the benchmark crusher is using a desktop processor and is a quad core you can upgrade this later all the way to to a qx9770 3.2GHz.

the gaming dominator is a dual core laptop processor and the highest you can upgrade that is to a quad core x9300 2.5GHz

so the bench mark crusher is actually a desktop inside a laptop and its going be way more powerful then the dual core.

if you notice the GD uses laptop graphic cards while the BC is using desktop graphic cards.

so I hope that answers your question.

4. this was answered in number 3.

5. not sure what support has to do with sli or crossfire

6. in laptop a 7200 rpm is more then enough, but they do offer ssd drives which are high end drives right now next to velociraptor, but I'm not sure if a laptop can handle all that heat.

7. the warranty is on all the parts OS if anything goes wrong they are covered, now if you are talking about, say you want to add another HDD and what to know what happens to your warranty, then nothing, the warranty is good, the new HDD has no warranty from DS tho unless you got it from them.

8. can you please clarify what you mean by upgrade?

parts or the whole laptop?

now here is info on me, I'm looking to buy 2 laptops and one workstation for now from these guys.

they are the best place after I search the internet low and high, calling places, emailing places. the only place I found that still really operates under the "customer is always right" is DS.

when I do buy laptops, I want the most power so the quad core desktop is the way to go for me.

HDDs get very hot in laptops, not sure if ssd-s do

3. a) OK show me where you can pick a desktop CPU with a mobile GPU.

5. you said "Statement: I don't care about SLI or Crossfire for a notebook, so support isn't a concern for me."

who said anything about support other then you? that statement is confusing cause its not a normal question or topic.

there are mombos that support sli and there are mombos offered that support ati, its not a choice, its either an nvidia base mombo or ati base mombo. Weather I care or you care does not matter, the ati will support crossfire and the nvidia will supprt sli.

6. you said they offer low end drives, I'm pointing out to you that ssd-s are the high-end drives, so your statement is not correct. the 7.2k rpm drive you have found is not faster then ssd drives.

ask newegg how much that drive will cost if they install it for you, then lets compare that to the prices of DS.

other then the components that are going to be installed we do recommend to people to go get their other stuff from a place like newegg.

7. as-long as you are noting going to do anything that will damage the setup you are fine, DS builds their systems for people who like to play around and upgrade their PCs

8. for specific question I guess its best if you call DS

hope that clears it up

Edited by DST4ME - 21 Sep 2008 at 2:18am

3. forget what I said, my head is in too many places at once, ofcourse its a mobile card, it couldn't possibly be a regular one talk about not paying attention.lol.


THX for explaining it all makes perfect sense now

5. I see what you mean now, but I think as for the GD and BC both mombos automatically support. actually looks like the GD is the ati system and BC is the nvidia system both supporting respectively crossfire and sli

6. for the first HDD for example I/we advise to get from DS, otherwise they can't do full testing and that can turn into a whole new headache. but anything pass that, I/we do advise shopping around and getting the best price.

Originally posted by Axel Daemon Uhhhh I'm just gonna randomly state this.... after very quickly skimming the posts here. "If you can call them and do a custom order of just about ANYTHING you want for computers.  I'm sure this is applicable in laptops too." "You dream it, we build it." statement isn't there for nothing lol.

Thanks. I might give them a call soon.